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badness
bad 1 B0020700 (băd)adj. worse (wûrs), worst (wûrst) 1. Not achieving an adequate standard; poor: a bad concert.2. Immoral or evil.3. Vulgar or obscene: bad language.4. Disobedient or naughty: bad children.5. Disagreeable, unpleasant, or disturbing: a bad piece of news.6. Unfavorable: bad reviews for the play.7. Not fresh; rotten or spoiled: bad meat.8. Injurious in effect; detrimental: bad habits.9. Not working properly; defective: a bad telephone connection.10. Full of or exhibiting faults or errors: bad grammar.11. Having no validity; void: passed bad checks.12. Being so far behind in repayment as to be considered a loss: bad loans.13. Severe; intense: a bad cold.14. a. Being in poor health or in pain: I feel bad today.b. Being in poor condition; diseased: bad lungs.15. Sorry; regretful: She feels bad about how she treated you.16. bad·der, bad·dest Slang Very good; great.n. Something that is below standard or expectations, as of ethics or decency: weighing the good against the bad.adv. Usage Problem Badly.Idioms: in bad Informal In trouble or disfavor. my bad Slang Used to acknowledge that one is at fault.not half/so bad Informal Reasonably good. that's too bad1. Used to express sadness or sympathy.2. Used in response to a protest or complaint to express insistence that the speaker's expectation be met.
[Middle English badde, perhaps from shortening of Old English bæddel, hermaphrodite, effeminate or homosexual male.]
bad′ness n.Usage Note: Bad is often used as an adverb in sentences such as His tooth ached so bad he could not sleep. This usage is common in informal speech but is widely regarded as unacceptable in formal writing. In our 2009 survey, 72 percent of the Usage Panel rejected the sentence just quoted. · The use of badly with want and need was once considered incorrect, since in these cases it means "very much" rather than "in an inferior manner or condition" or "immorally." But this use is widespread, even in formal contexts, and is now considered standard. · The adverb badly is often used after verbs such as feel, as in I felt badly about the whole affair. This usage bears analogy to the use of other adverbs with feel, such as strongly in We feel strongly about this issue. Some people prefer to maintain a distinction between feel badly and feel bad, restricting the former to emotional distress and using the latter to cover physical ailments; however, this distinction is not universally observed, so feel badly should be used in a context that makes its meaning clear. · Badly is used in some regions to mean "unwell," as in He was looking badly after the accident. Poorly is also used in this way. · Note that badly is required following look when it modifies another word or phrase in the predicate, as in The motorcycle looked badly in need of repair.Our Living Language Many people might have the impression that the slang usage of bad to mean its opposite, "excellent," is a recent innovation of African American Vernacular English. While the usage is of African American origin and parallels to it are found in language use throughout the Caribbean, the "good" use of bad has been recorded for over a century. The first known example dates from 1897. Even earlier, beginning in the 1850s, the word appears in the sense "formidable, very tough," as applied to persons. Whether or not the two usages are related, they both illustrate a favorite creative device of informal and slang language—using a word to mean the opposite of what it "really" means. This is by no means uncommon; people use words sarcastically to mean the opposite of their actual meanings on a daily basis. What is more unusual is for such a usage to be generally accepted within a larger community. Perhaps when the concepts are as basic as "good" and "bad" this general acceptance is made easier. A similar instance is the word uptight, which in the 1960s enjoyed usage in the sense "excellent" alongside its now-current, negative meaning of "tense."
bad 2 B0020700 (băd)v. Archaic A past tense of bid.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  badness - that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"badquality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeareunworthiness - the quality or state of lacking merit or valueundesirability - the quality possessed by something that should be avoidedworse - something inferior in quality or condition or effect; "for better or for worse"; "accused of cheating and lying and worse"evil - that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeareunsoundness - not mentally or physically healthy; "no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind"liability - the quality of being something that holds you backinadvisability - the quality of being ill-advisedgoodness, good - that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization" | | 2. |  badness - used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weathersevereness, severityintensiveness, intensity - high level or degree; the property of being intenseraininess, foulness - (of weather) the badness of the weather; "they were wearied with the foulness of the weather"distressfulness, seriousness - the quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the seriousness of his illness" | | 3. |  badness - an attribute of mischievous childrenmischievousness, naughtinessdisobedience - the trait of being unwilling to obeyprankishness, rascality, roguishness - the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks |
badnessnoun wickedness, wrong, evil, corruption, sin, impropriety, immorality, villainy, naughtiness, sinfulness, foulness, baseness, rottenness, vileness, shamefulness They only recognize badness when they perceive it in others.
good, virtue, excellence, goodness, morality, righteousness, rectitude, uprightnessbadnessnounWhatever is destructive or harmful:bad, evil, ill.Translationsbad (bӕd) – comparative worse (wəːs) : superlative worst (wəːst) – adjective1. not good; not efficient. He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly). 壞的 坏的2. wicked; immoral. a bad man; He has done some bad things. 不道德的 不道德的3. unpleasant. bad news. 令人不快的 使人不愉快的4. rotten. This meat is bad. 腐爛的 腐烂的5. causing harm or injury. Smoking is bad for your health. 有害的 有害的6. (of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state. She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today. 痛的 痛的7. unwell. I am feeling quite bad today. 不舒服的 不舒服的8. serious or severe. a bad accident; a bad mistake. 嚴重的 严重的9. (of a debt) not likely to be paid. The firm loses money every year from bad debts. 壞帳，倒帳 坏帐，倒帐 ˈbadly – comparative worse: superlative worst - adverb1. not well, efficiently or satisfactorily. He plays tennis very badly. 糟糕地 坏，差 2. to a serious or severe extent. He badly needs a haircut; The dress is badly stained. 嚴重地 严重地ˈbadness noun 壞，差，劣 坏badly off not having much especially money. We can't go on holiday – we are too badly off. 缺錢的 缺少的feel bad (about something) to feel upset or ashamed about something. I feel bad about forgetting to telephone you. 懊惱的 懊恼的go from bad to worse to get into an even worse condition etc than before. Things are going from bad to worse for the firm – not only are we losing money but there's going to be a strike as well. 每況愈下 每况愈下not bad quite good. `Is she a good swimmer?' `She's not bad.' 還不錯 不错too bad unfortunate. It's too bad that he has left. 遺憾 不幸IdiomsSeebadEncyclopediaSeeBADbadness
Synonyms for badnessnoun wickednessSynonyms- wickedness
- wrong
- evil
- corruption
- sin
- impropriety
- immorality
- villainy
- naughtiness
- sinfulness
- foulness
- baseness
- rottenness
- vileness
- shamefulness
Antonyms- good
- virtue
- excellence
- goodness
- morality
- righteousness
- rectitude
- uprightness
Synonyms for badnessnoun whatever is destructive or harmfulSynonymsSynonyms for badnessnoun that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decencySynonymsRelated Words- quality
- unworthiness
- undesirability
- worse
- evil
- unsoundness
- liability
- inadvisability
Antonymsnoun used of the degree of something undesirable eSynonymsRelated Words- intensiveness
- intensity
- raininess
- foulness
- distressfulness
- seriousness
noun an attribute of mischievous childrenSynonyms- mischievousness
- naughtiness
Related Words- disobedience
- prankishness
- rascality
- roguishness
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